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J. 0. H'URD.

PAPER BOX.

Patented May 13, 1884.

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PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 29838 dated May 13,188%.

Application filed February 28, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, JAMES C. HURD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPaper Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a paper box consisting of a rectangular sheet cut andfolded to form a rectangular body, and slit and bent at the ends to forma tongue and end section,with sideedges turned in along the width of thesection to form side flanges, and with independent side flaps the widthof the side sections, the whole forming' a box with flaps which willeffectually close the ends, presenting flat surfaces free from creasesor ridges.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing the form of blank from whichthe box is made; Fig. 2, a perspective View showing the blank as foldedto form a rectangular tube. Figs. 3 and 4: are views showing the mannerin which the end pieces or flaps are manipulated to close the ends ofthe box.

The blank A is a Sheet of substantially rectangular form, there being atone side an offset, a, which is gurnnied and applied to the oppositeside, at 10, after the blank is folded on the parallel lines 1 2 3 4, toform a rectangular tube, as shown in Fig. 2. The lines divide the blankinto four sections, a Z) c d, the sections ac constituting the front andback of the folded tube, and the sections 1) d the sides thereof. Theends of the blank beyond two lines, a; 3 are divided by straight slits tand angular slits s, to form two rectangular tongues, c 6, two sections,ff, with side flanges, g g, and four flaps, h, widest at the base andnarrower at the ends. After the blank has been folded into a tube, theflaps 7L constitute the supplemental or inside end pieces, which arefirst turned down to overlap each other and partly close the end of thebox, as shown in Fig. 3. The flanges g are then folded in toward theinner face of the section f, thereby forming a pocket, into which theend of the tongue 6 is introduced, as shown in Fig. 4, the tongue beingthen pushed farther in as the end section is carried downward untilthelatter is flat uponthebody and the tongue wholly within the pocket.In this position the flanges 9 rest upon the inner end pieces, h,whichprevent them from turning away from beneath the tongue '6, so that thelatter is held securely. For additional security, however, the ends ofthe pieces hniay be united by forming a lip, w, on one and a slit, q, inthe other, Figs. 1 and 3, the engagement of which holds the two partstogether. By this construction the flaps or tongues constituting theends of the box are very securely connected, yet so as to permit the boxto be opened without injury to any of the parts, and the outer endsections are flat, free from creases or folds, So that they will receiveperfect impressions in printing, and will afford proper surfaces for theattachment and exhibition of labels. They are also more sightly thanthose in which connected flaps are exposed. Owing to the contact of theside edges of the flap c with the folded edges of the flanges g, and tothe relative arrangeinent of flaps and tongues, a very rigid end isformed, imparting much rigidity and strength to the box.

It will be evident that it is not essential to separate the portions h 9upon lines of any special direction, as the division may be on diagonallines, or on lines parallel to the slits t, as shown in dotted lines,Fig. 1.

The tongue, when of heavy material, has a transverse crease, c, Fig. 3,to facilitate its introduction into the pocket.

The edges of the body portion of the box may be connected in anysuitable manner.

- \Nithout limiting myself to the precise arrangement of partsdescribed, I claim- 1. A paper box consisting of a rectangular blankformed into a rectangular tube, and slit and bent at the end to form atongue, 0, and end section, f, with side edges turned in along the widthof the section to form inturned side flanges, and with independent sideflaps the width of the side sections, substantially as described.

2. A paper box consisting of a substantially rectangular blank formedinto a rectangular tube, and slit upon the straight line tand bent line3, to form independent tongues and flaps for infolding to close theends, substantially as described.

3. A paper box having a rectangular body, inwardly-folded end piecesextending from the sides, and the width of the latter, an

outer end piece with inturned edge flanges extending along its entirewidth and indeof the end flanges extending inward from the IO pendentfrom the side flaps, and a tongue insides, substantially as described.

serted between the flanges and the end piece, In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name substantially as described. to this specification inthe presence of two sub- 5 4. A box having a rectangular bodyproscribing witnesses.

longed at the front and back to form an end JAMES C. HURD.

section, f, and a tongue, e, with a crease, v, Vitnesses:

and with side flanges on the end section of F. A. JUDD,

equal width therewith, and flaps independent N. R. HosLEY..

